Loremen Podcast

Deputy Loreperson Icy Sedgwick (Fabulous Folklore with Icy) joins James and Alasdair, and she brings with her the stories of a Geordie graverobber and a Mackem resurrection man. It's Newcastle vs Sunderland, and the bones of the dead do not rest easy in this Tyne-Wear derby.

Plus the Loreboys come up with several new business ideas. Anyone for glow-in-the-dark coffins?

Come see the Loreboys LIVE in Manchester at GRUB on Sunday 20th October (2024) at 2pm:

https://www.seetickets.com/event/loremen-live/grub/3168584

OR in Balham on Sunday 17th November on Who Knew It? with Matt Stewart:

https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart-live?t=tickets

This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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The terrifying tale of the Grey Hitchhiker (or the Gray Hitcher, for Americans) comes from that spooky road, The Notorious A38. Over several decades, drivers have made the mistake of stopping for a hitchhiker who does not obey the laws of hitchhiking (or nature). If you're driving between Tiverton and Taunton, you might see the Grey Hitchhiker. If you've reached Wrangway, you're going the wrong way.

Listener, it's time to "get your gilets on" because your spine is about to be tingled.

Come see the Loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

https://choose-se27-comedy-festival.designmynight.com/66968247e76bce06372992c8/loremen-podcast-live-recording

OR

In Manchester at GRUB on Sunday 20th October (also 2024) at 2pm

https://www.seetickets.com/event/loremen-live/grub/3168584

OR

Back in Balham on Sunday 17th November on "Who Knew It? with Matt Stewart"

https://www.designmynight.com/london/pubs/balham/the-bedford/who-knew-it-with-matt-stewart-live?t=tickets

This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

LoreBoys nether say die!

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The Loremen encounter what might be the biggest ghost in the history of the podcast. We're talking about a house that is a ghost. (Pretty big, right?) James takes Alasdair to the South West of England to view a property that's just come on the market and could vanish at any moment.

Could this phantom maison be an echo of The Anarchy from the reign of King Stephen? Or do lone walkers on the moor go a bit funny sometimes? Enjoy this week's tales, drawn from the writing of Janet & Colin Bord and Christ in a hole! It's... Christina Hole.

Come see the Loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

https://choose-se27-comedy-festival.designmynight.com/66968247e76bce06372992c8/loremen-podcast-live-recording

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The boys are back, with yet more tales of Moreton lore! This time James visits South Moreton in Oxfordshire, for the outrageous story of a faux-poltergeist (fauxtergeist?). But don't fret, folklore fans - the village of South Moreton boasts enough "real" ghosts to spook the horses. Plus, a deadly locomotive and a very misleading prophecy.

Come see the Loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

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Who's that, beckoning to you from the mouth of a weird looking cave? Why it's Alasdair Beckett-King of course! Join him and James Shakeshaft, and enter a subterranean labyrinth hidden beneath a leafy London borough.

In 1907, The Illustrated London News called it The Great Chislehurst Cave Mystery: 22 miles of hand-carved tunnels, with stories of smugglers, druids, and rock and roll legends. Come for the haunted pool, stay for the possessed tour guide.

(Tour guy.)

Come see the Loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

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We return to the Tower of London and make a last ditch attempt to find John Barkstead's lost treasure. Meet Mr Quarrell (the treasure hunter) and Major Pogson (the big daddy of British dowsing). The year is 1957: will the traitor's horde finally be unearthed?

No, of course not. But James will tell a fun story about the Ceremony of the Keys.

Come see the Loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

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What connects a traitor, a Sandwich and a mushroom farmer from Kent? It's the lost treasure of 'Invisible' John Barkstead, which is buried somewhere underneath the Tower of London. Although there are those who say ... it isn't.

In Part 1 of this LIVE episode, we meet a regicidal bum bailiff, Alasdair unearths the TRUTH™ about the death of Oliver Cromwell and James is ravin' about ravens.

Come see the loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

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James talks Alasdair through the case of Anne Gunter's demonic possession... or was it all an elaborate hoax with lashings of wee wee?

It's time for more Moreton! We're not talking Eleanor Morton, here. And We're not talking Moreton-in-Marsh either. This week's tale comes from North Moreton, and from from Mike White's book The Veiled Vale: Strange Tales from South Oxfordshire. Join us for this 17th century tale of murder, revenge and urine-bothering witch-hunters.

Is that several pins coming out of your mouth, or are you just pleased to see us?

Come see the loreboys LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

https://choose-se27-comedy-festival.designmynight.com/66968247e76bce06372992c8/loremen-podcast-live-recording

This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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Saints alive! Amy Jeffs returns to the pod, and she's brought a bunch of kooky saints with her. We're talking adorable otters, vengeful ghosts and a guy with a load of forks in his beard. (Maybe...)

An alternative telling of St Edmund's legend (and many more) can be found in Amy's upcoming book: Saints: A new legendary of heroes, humans and magic.

Come see us LIVE in spooky West Norwood Cemetery on Friday 11th October 2024 (2024):

https://choose-se27-comedy-festival.designmynight.com/66968247e76bce06372992c8/loremen-podcast-live-recording

This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

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Athena Kugblenu returns to the pod, for a journey through Enfield: the Croydon of North London and home to one of the world's most famous polterguys. But how is this London borough connected to a three-legged ape in Illinois? What kind of beast appears on the Enfield coat of arms? And is The Conjuring 2 a good film?* These, dear listener, are the Enfield mysteries.

Athena's new book History's Most Epic Fibs is coming in Sept 2024: https://geni.us/HistorysMostEpicFibs

*No, it's bad.

This episode was edited by Joseph Burrows - Audio Editor.

Come see us LIVE Again!

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